command, summons,
ἐπαγγ-ελία,ἡ,
A. command, summons,
Plb. 9.38.2 .
b. announcement, notice,
IG 22.1235.7
(iii B.C.); τοῦ ἀγῶνος
SIG 561.9
(Chalcis), prob. in LXX 1 Ma. 10.15 ;v.l. in
1 Ep.Jo. 1.5 .
2. as law-term,ἐ.(sc.δοκιμασίας)summons to attendaδοκιμασία τῶν ῥητόρων(v. ἐπαγγέλλω
3
), ἐ. τινὶ ἐπαγγέλλειν
Aeschin. 1.64
, cf. 81 ; πρὸς τοὺς θεσμοθέτας ἔσθ' ἡμῖν ἐ.
D. 22.29
: generally,notification, summons,
Sammelb. 4434
(ii A.D.).
3. offer, promise, profession, undertaking,
D. 21.14 ; τὰς ὑπερβολὰς τῶν ἐ.
Arist. EN 1164a29
, cf. Phld. Herc. 1251.20 ; ἐπαγγελίας ποιεῖσθαί τινι
Plb. 1.72.6
;ἐν ἐν ἐπαγγελίᾳ καταλιπώνhaving left it asa promise,
Id. 18.28.1 ;τὴν ἐ. ἐπὶ τέλος ἀγαγεῖνibid., cf. SIG 577.11 (Milet.,iii/ii B. C.);ὤμων ἐπαγγελίᾳ the promiseof his shoulders, Philostr. Im. 1.4 ;ἐξ ἐ.,
= ἐπαγγειλάμενος , BCH 11.12 (Lagina); ἐ. ποιησάμενος ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων
Michel 473.10
(Mylasa); ἐβεβαίωσεν τὴν ἐ.
Inscr.Prien. 123.9
, cf. GDI 3624a34 (Cos).
4. indication,
τοῦ ἐσομένου
A.D. Synt. 205.13
.
5. pl.,canvassing, =Lat.ambitus,prob. f.l. for παρ- , Plu. 2.276d .
6.
= ἐπάγγελμα
2 ,subjectof a treatise, Gal. Libr.Propr.Prooem.
7. thecurative property claimedfor prescriptions or drugs,ταῖς τῶν φαρμάκων ἐ.theiradvertised properties,
Herod.Med. ap. Orib. 10.5.1 , cf. Gal. 13.504 ,al.;ἐ. ἐπιτηδεύματος public exerciseof a profession, Men.Prot. p.1D.
